Bob Bernhardt conductor | Rick Steves narrator
In this unique special, Rick Steves – America's leading authority on European travel – plays musical tour guide and utilizes his extensive knowledge of European history and culture to help set the context for each piece. Then, the orchestra performs a selection of stirring 19th-century anthems by Romantic-era composers. The music is accompanied by a montage of evocative video images from each country.
SMITH
The Star-Spangled Banner
STRAUSS JR.
Emperor Waltzes
STRAUSS JR.
On the Beautiful Blue Danube
WAGNER
Overture to Tannhäuser
WAGNER
Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
WAGNER
Prelude to Die Meistersinger
SMETANA
“The Moldau” from Má Vlast
VERDI
Overture to Nabucco
VERDI
“Triumphal March” from Aïda
ELGAR
Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1
GRIEG
“Morning” from Peer Gynt
BERLIOZ
“March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie fantastique
BEETHOVEN
“Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9
COPLAND
Variations on a Shaker Melody
SOUSA
Stars and Stripes Forever